"Russia was a big part of my professional life. Our common achievements were exceptional and historical, and our impact on Russian basketball growth was tremendous," Blatt said in a statement issued by the Russian Basketball Federation.

"These seven mutual years were amazing and I quit while Russian basketball is at a peak as the entire basketball world follows it closely," said Blatt, one of Europe's most successful coaches.

"I want to thank the players who worked hard and sacrificed a lot in order to accomplish our achievements and medals. I'd like to thanks the coaches, managers and employees, who have contributed a lot to the success of the team. I also wish to thank the people of Russia, who received me with open arms as if I were one of their own," he added.

After joining the Russian federation during the 2005-06 season, Blatt led Russia to a Gold medal at the 2007 EuroBasket championship games, shocking the reigning European champions from Spain by a score of 60-59. With Russia, Blatt clinched a Bronze medal at the 2011 EuroBasket games.

Blatt also drove the Russian national team to an unforgettable Bronze campaign during the 2012 London Olympics.

Superleague 2 top team - Stroitiel Engels (10-4) managed to deliver another win on Thursday. This time they beat sixth ranked Burevestnik (6-8) 84-74. Stroitiel Engels made 26-of-31 free shots (83.9 percent) during the game, while Burevestnik only scored nine points from the stripe. 28 personal fouls committed by Burevestnik helped opponents get some easy free throw opportunities. Forward Alexei Kotishevskiy (198-85) stepped up and scored 26 points (made all of his twelve free throws !!!) for the winners and center Vyacheslav Voronchikhin (208-91) chipped in 15 points and 12 rebounds. At the losing side international power forward Artem Pisarchuk (205-92, agency: Stanislav Ryzhov) responded with 14 points and 8 rebounds (on 6-of-7 shooting from the field). Burevestnik's coach Boris Sokolovskiy rotated ten players in this game, but that didn't help. Stroitiel Engels maintains first place with 10-4 record, which they share with Tambov. Burevestnik at the other side keeps the sixth position with eight games lost. The game in Cheboksari supposed to be also worth to mention about. 4th placed Dyn-Magn.ChL (7-7) played at the court of fifth ranked Cheb.Yastreby (7-5). Cheb.Yastreby smashed Dyn-Magn.ChL 90-63. Power forward Anton Bogdan (198-86) nailed 15 points and 9 rebounds for the winning side and Pavel Zhukanenko accounted for 15 points and 5 assists. point guard Vasiliy Gladyshev (189-83) came up with 19 points and 6 rebounds for Dyn-Magn.ChL in the defeat. The winner was already known earlier in the game, so both coaches allowed to play the bench players saving starting five for next games. Cheb.Yastreby have a solid series of three victories in a row. They moved-up to fourth place. Dyn-Magn.ChL at the other side dropped to the fifth position with seven games lost.

In the last two games of round 13 bottom-ranked Runa Basket lost to Dynamo-CBK on the opponent's court 72-78. Tambov managed to outperform Spartak SP in a home game 97-92.

The game in Cheboksari supposed to be also worth to mention about. 4th placed Dyn-Magn.ChL (7-7) played at the court of fifth ranked Cheb.Yastreby (7-5). Cheb.Yastreby smashed Dyn-Magn.ChL 90-63. They outrebounded Dyn-Magn.ChL 55-40 including a 36-24 advantage in defensive rebounds. Cheb.Yastreby players were unselfish on offense dishing 21 assists. Power forward Anton Bogdan (198-86) nailed 15 points and 9 rebounds for the winning side and swingman Pavel Zhukanenko (194-86) accounted for 15 points and 5 assists. Point guard Vasiliy Gladyshev (189-83) came up with 19 points and 6 rebounds and point guard Aleksey Osokin (178-89) added 11 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists respectively for Dyn-Magn.ChL in the defeat. The winner was already known earlier in the game, so both coaches allowed to play the bench players saving starting five for next games. Cheb.Yastreby have a solid series of three victories in a row. They moved-up to fourth place. Dyn-Magn.ChL at the other side dropped to the fifth position with seven games lost. Top scorers:Cheb.Yastreby: A.Bogdan 15+9reb+1ast, P.Zhukanenko 15+2reb+5ast, E.Shahmetov 9+4reb, S.Zhulkov 9+8reb, E.Bogdan 9+11reb, N.Tkachenko 8+1astDyn-Magn.ChL: V.Gladyshev 19+6reb+1ast, V.Chichaykin 18+1ast, A.Osokin 11+8reb+5ast, S.Dubinin 5+4reb, Y.Tikanov 3+1reb+1ast, P.Dushenkov 2+9reb+1ast

Very predictable result when second ranked Tambov (10-4) defeated at home 7th ranked Spartak St.Petersburg (3-11) 97-92. However just five-point win is not that big difference and the fans of host team counted on more convincing victory. Tambov made 26-of-31 charity shots (83.9 percent) during the game. Tambov outrebounded Spartak St.Petersburg 40-28 including 29 on the defensive glass. Their players were unselfish on offense dishing 26 assists. Forward Nikita Gresev (204-88) nailed a double-double by scoring 18 points, 12 rebounds and 5 assists for the winning side and guard Maksim Kuznetsov (188-90) accounted for 18 points and 5 assists. Point guard Vitaliy Zuev (186-89, agency: Stanislav Ryzhov) came up with 22 points and 9 assists and center Ilya Luppo (200-94) added 20 points and 7 rebounds respectively for Spartak St.Petersburg in the defeat. Both teams had five players each who scored in double figures. Tambov keeps a position of league leader, which they share with Stroitiel Engels. Spartak St.Petersburg at the other side keeps the seventh place with 11 games lost. Top scorers:Tambov: O.Alferov 18+2reb+1ast, M.Kuznetsov 18+1reb+5ast, N.Gresev 18+12reb+5ast, Y.Pershin 12+7reb+5ast, K.Baklenev 10+6ast, R.Tumanov 10+2rebSpartak SP: V.Zuev 22+2reb+9ast, I.Luppo 20+7reb+3ast, O.Bartunov 14+2reb+2ast, F.Shpakov 12+5reb+4ast, D.Bubnov 12+1reb+5ast, D.Hloponin 10+9reb+4ast

Isakov's 30-point game gives him Superleague 2 Player of the Week award - 6 hours ago

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29-year old guard Artem Isakov (192-G-87, agency: Stanislav Ryzhov) put on an amazing game in the last round for Burevestnik and receives a Eurobasket.com Superleague 2 Player of the Week award for round 12. He had the game-high 30 points adding three rebounds and five assists for Burevestnik in his team's victory, helping them to edge out Stroitiel Engels (#1, 10-4) 80-78. Burevestnik maintains the 6th position in Russian Superleague 2. Burevestnik is a typical solid league team placed s... [read more]

29-year old guard Artem Isakov (192-G-87, agency: Stanislav Ryzhov) put on an amazing game in the last round for Burevestnik and receives a Eurobasket.com Superleague 2 Player of the Week award for round 12.He had the game-high 30 points adding three rebounds and five assists for Burevestnik in his team's victory, helping them to edge out Stroitiel Engels (#1, 10-4) 80-78. Burevestnik maintains the 6th position in Russian Superleague 2. Burevestnik is a typical solid league team placed somewhere in the middle or a little bit lower in the standings. They need more victories to improve their 6-8 record. In the team's last game Isakov had a remarkable three three-pointers out of 7 attempts. It was one of impressive evenings for him as usually he does not deliver so high stats. Artem Isakov averages this season 11.0ppg.

Second best performed player last round was Sergei Dubinin (206-C-85) of Dyn-Magn.ChL. He is a center in his 2nd season at Dyn-Magn.ChL. In the last game Dubinin recorded impressive double-double of 19 points and 16 rebounds. Bad luck as Dyn-Magn.ChL was edged by slightly higher-ranked Cheb.Yastreby (#4, 7-5) 69-65. This loss caused Dyn-Magn.ChL to drop to 5th position in the standings. His team lost some distance to top teams. But 7-7 record is not bad and everything may still change. Dubinin is well-known at Dyn-Magn.ChL and he already established his position as one of the team's leaders.

Third place about best performers goes to forward Sergey Zhulkov (203-F/C-95) of Cheb.Yastreby (#4). Zhulkov scored 17 points and grabbed eleven rebounds (!!!). He was a key player of Cheb.Yastreby, leading his team to a 69-65 win against slightly lower-ranked Dyn-Magn.ChL (#5, 7-7). Cheb.Yastreby needs these victories very badly if they think about getting closer to top teams. Their record at this point is 7 victories and 5 lost games. Zhulkov has a great season in Russia. After 12 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in points with 12.4ppg (9th best) and rebounds with 6.4rpg (8th best).

The Player of the week is chosen based on efficiency calculation, but also including game result, importance of the game, if played recorded double-double/triple-double, etc.The efficiency formula is a combination of various formulas used by different basketball organizations/leagues. We got involved many basketball scouts and journalists to assure it's accuracy.The formula: 1.5*PTS + 3* (REB+AST+ST+BL-TO) - 2*BSAG - 4*PF + 3*PFRV + 4* (2FGPM+3FGPM) + 1.5*FTM - 3* (2FGPA-2FGPM) - 3* (3FGPA-3FGPM) - (FTA-FTM)

Emporio Armani - CSKA 64:79 CSKA rallied to the 10th victory. They beat Emporio Armani in Milan to remain on top of the ladder. Aaron Jackson (190-G-86, college: Duquesne) and Dmitrii Kulagin (197-G/F-92, agency: Stanislav Ryzhov) recorded 14 points each for the winners. Emporio Armani sank 23 points in the first term to take a 2-point lead. The teams traded baskets throughout the second stanza. The hosts arrived at halftime up by two points 38:36. However CSKA turned the tables in the... [read more]

Emporio Armani - CSKA 64:79

CSKA rallied to the 10th victory. They beat Emporio Armani in Milan to remain on top of the ladder. Aaron Jackson (190-G-86, college: Duquesne) and Dmitrii Kulagin (197-G/F-92, agency: Stanislav Ryzhov) recorded 14 points each for the winners. Emporio Armani sank 23 points in the first term to take a 2-point lead. The teams traded baskets throughout the second stanza. The hosts arrived at halftime up by two points 38:36. However CSKA turned the tables in the second half. The defending champions unleashed 30 points in the third term to take a 12-point lead at the final break 66:54. CSKA limited the Italian team to just 10 points in the fourth quarter and raced to a comfortable win at the end. Cory Higgins (195-G-89, college: Colorado) chipped in 11 points in the win. Miroslav Raduljica (213-C-88) responded with 11 points for Emporio Armani. Jamel McLean (203-F-88, college: Xavier, agency: BeoBasket) and Richard Hickman (189-G-85, college: NC-Greensboro) tossed in 10 points each in the loss.

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